Check out the Waterford (MI) Regional Fire Department’s (WRFD’s) new Sutphen custom pumper with WRFD Batallion Chief Blake Nelson.

The department, which serves three different communities and 131,000 residents, has received two Sutphen pumpers in the past six months.

Thank you, Waterford Regional Fire Department, for your continued trust in Sutphen and Apollo Fire Equipment & Apparatus Repair. #BuiltToDoWork

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According to a report from The Hawk Eye, seven weeks after transferring $37,000 of Local Option Sales Tax revenue into a capital improvements fund, the Wapello, Iowa, City Council agreed Thursday to hire Coralville engineering firm VSP Engineering to develop plans and other specifications for a new fire station.

The scope of services agreement will in two phases. Phase 1 will cost $2,500 and cover preliminary engineering, including 50 percent of the building plans (floor plan and building elevations), 25 percent of the site planning (site layout plan), and an estimate of probable costs (preliminary building and site).

Phase 2 will cost $15,000 and cover final engineering design and specifications, which will include bid documents, final construction plans, and project administration. Work not included in the scope of services is materials testing and/or construction inspection layout.

Wapello Mayor Shawn Maine indicated the agreement was developed following a meeting of city officials and Wapello Fire and Rescue (WFR) personnel, who have been lobbying for a new station for the past several years.

Maine said officials hope it will be easier to fund portions of development through LOST revenue and by breaking the project into phases. The city has earmarked half of the one-cent sales tax the city collects to the repayment of bonds used in the construction of the new Louisa County jail; Louisa County retired those bonds late last year, allowing the city to apply the half-cent to projects such as the fire station.

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KME® Fire Apparatus, a subsidiary of REV Group®, and a leading manufacturer of fire apparatus, is pleased to announce that Santa Clara County (CA) Fire Department has taken delivery of a KME Tractor-Drawn AerialCat™ (TDA) to serve the city of Cupertino.

The new 101’ TDA will join 33 other KME units currently in service within Santa Clara County. The county chose KME’s new drop frame TDA body featuring large compartment capacity, redesigned transverse storage, and lower ground ladder storage. The new body design also allows for lower tiller cab travel heights without sacrificing ground ladder storage.

Other features include:

• KME Severe Service™ X-MFD cab with 10” raised roof
• Hendrickson STEERTEK™ NXT front axle
• Cummins X15 600 HP engine
• Allison 4000 EVS™ transmission
• Hale DSD 1,500 GPM single stage pump
• 300-gallon water tank
• 500 lb unrestricted wet or dry tip load rating
• 14’ jack stance
• -7 degree low to 80-degree elevation rating
• 90-degree jack knife capability

“Santa Clara County Fire Department has long standing relationship with KME built on trust, communication and a quality product,” said Brian Glass, Assistant Fire Chief of the Santa Clara County Fire Department. “We look forward to placing into service the agency’s first Tractor Drawn Aerial. The maneuverability and operational capabilities that the TDA brings to the agency allows us to respond to areas that were previously inaccessible to our current trucks.”

For more information on KME TDA’s, visit the KME website at: http://www.kmefire.com/TDA

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According to a report from The Sentinel Source, after Swanzey, New Hampshire, officials had proposed constructing an incomplete fire station to lower the cost, voters at the town’s deliberative session Wednesday night decided they didn’t want to settle for an incomplete station.

This year will be Swaney’s fourth attempt at voting for the new station to a vote since 2015. According to Swanzey Fire Department (SFD) Chief William Gould, the current central fire station is located in the basement of town hall and has fallen out of compliance with building codes. He also said SFD operations, at times, interferes with town business being conducted upstairs.

In the only change to the warrant, voters chose to amend the fire station proposal, which originally called for the town to raise $3,575,000 to fund the project, with $200,000 to be raised by taxes; $375,000 from an undesignated fund balance; and $3 million in bonds. However, the bonded amount may be raised, as was called for by Swanzey resident Joe Smith.

Last year, residents narrowly voted down a proposed 12,000-square-foot station, which also would have been built at 321 Old Homestead Highway (Route 32). Although a simple majority of voters favored the station, the measure failed to garner the required 3/5 majority. This year’s proposal would also require a supermajority to pass.

The town has two additional fire stations, both of which would remain open if the new facility is constructed.

Voting is scheduled for March 9 between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m. at the Monadnock Regional Middle/High School gym.

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According to a report from The Cape Cod Times, the location for a new fire station in the Hatchville area of Falmouth, Massachusetts, will go before a vote for final approval from the Falmouth Select Board on February 22. 

The citizens’ advisory committee selected 860 Sandwich Road, next to the Unitarian Universalist Fellowship of Falmouth and the George Gaspa Sports Complex, as the best location to address the emergency response coverage gaps in the Falmouth area. 

Falmouth Fire Department Chief Timothy Smith said the proposed station would serve the northeast section of town, from Sandwich Road to the Mashpee border, as well as to Joint Base Cape Cod and toward the north. 

A proposed warrant article for the April 12 Town Meeting will seek to appropriate money to fund the project management, determine the the station’s design and construction, and to consider how the money will be raised and spent. If Town Meeting voters approve the article, the town would soon get a construction cost estimate.

Select Board Chairperson Megan English Braga asked that the advisory committee research locations for another new fire station that could serve the North and West Falmouth areas. 

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